Chapter 359: Lord State Preceptor, You Must Not!
Early the next morning.
Will just woke up and sensed living creatures approaching outside the cave.
He didn't wake Big Silly up.
Lest this silly big guy scream in fear again.
Walked out of the cave alone to look outside.
Under the small hill where they lived, three people were climbing up carefully with walking sticks.
The leader was exactly Dresa.
And there were two guards following him.
Will stood on high looking down; at the same time, Dresa seemed to sense something, looking up.
The two looked at each other.
Dresa let the two guards beside him stay in place, and went up the hill himself.
When the distance was about five meters.
Dresa raised his arms and cupped his hands to Will, taking off the luxurious sun hat he was wearing.
"Sage in the forest, hello. I am the hunter saved by you in the forest four days ago. That day, I accidentally saw your reflection in the ice stone I carried, and saw the direction you left yesterday, so I specifically sought here to thank you for saving me before."
There wasn't much flattery in Dresa's words; the meaning of respect didn't seem fake.
If Will didn't already know in advance that this person's real purpose was him.
Probably would have really thought he just came to express gratitude.
"I know your purpose for coming here."
Will raised his chin, speaking directly using Aura Power.
He didn't want to waste words with Dresa on those hypocritical things.
Open the skylight and speak speak frankly, negotiate the conditions in advance, so everyone can waste less time and energy.
At the moment Dresa below heard Will's voice, he was stunned on the spot, infinitely shocked in his heart.
It was the first time he saw a magical beast that could speak.
Then there was a burst of ecstasy in his heart, followed closely by a colicky pain in his heart.
Magical beasts that can speak are not nonexistent in history.
But the last one was called "Divine Dragon" by the Kingdom of the Vale.
This inevitably made Dresa's brain start to diverge uncontrollably, having some fantasies about Will.
Will saw the Aura in Dresa's heart surging non-stop.
Could probably guess what this guy was thinking.
A magical beast that can speak.
Is really too special in this era of magical beasts.
Ordinary people might feel creepy seeing it for the first time, followed by fantasizing about whether this magical beast has any powerful power.
Will had patience, letting Dresa fantasize.
About forty seconds later.
Dresa suddenly recovered, hurriedly bowing slightly to Will:
"Excuse my rudeness. Since the Sage already knows my intention, may I ask what your opinion is?"
"If I go to the Kingdom of the Vale, what position will I have?"
Will rolled his eyes and asked back.
"...Below one person, above ten thousand people."
Dresa was silent for a moment, then spoke.
"Can you make the decision?"
Will glanced at this person strangely.
Listening to this guy's tone, could it be...
"Naturally."
Will frowned and looked at Dresa carefully.
He didn't expect.
A dignified King of a country actually disguised himself as a hunter and ran to the dangerous forest to find the ethereal Sage.
'Reckless King.'
Will muttered in his heart.
Not to mention this King didn't know much about him.
Even if he knew, he shouldn't have run to such a dangerous place alone.
If the time wasn't a few days off.
This King might have really been killed by those people yesterday.
That ice stone could scare away other Pokémon, but couldn't scare away those humans.
Will didn't know that his image in Dresa's heart was much higher than he imagined, not just an ordinary forest Sage.
Also didn't know how important his Aura Power was to Dresa, comparable to the only painkiller in the world.
For Will, Dresa really put aside all matters big and small these days.
"Sage, whatever request you have, you can mention it. If I and the entire Kingdom of the Vale can get your help, we will definitely prosper day by day."
"Can you let me enter Dragonspiral Tower?"
Will raised the most critical question.
If joining the Kingdom of the Vale allows him to enter Dragonspiral Tower immediately, then he can immediately verify a conjecture of his.
Whether successful or not.
At least he won't have to spend more time and energy on this conjecture in the future.
"Forgive my ignorance, don't know what Dragonspiral Tower the Sage mentioned is?"
Dresa was somewhat confused hearing Will's words.
"It's that high tower in the north."
Will pointed to the location further north of Eindoak Town.
He forgot.
Dragonspiral Tower was the name given to that tower in the League era.
A thousand years ago, it might not really be called this name.
"Oh, Tower of the Divine Dragon, of course no problem."
Dresa understood what Will meant, nodding immediately.
One knows one's own family affairs.
That high tower left from unknown times, not only is extremely dangerous inside, but also has nothing.
If forced to say, only mazes that make people walk until they vomit.
Although the name Tower of the Divine Dragon is very domineering.
But for the Kingdom of the Vale, its most precious place lies in being the sacrificial place of their Kingdom of the Vale.
Sacrifice.
Is a quite important national event for any kingdom.
But if there is no existence of sacrificial culture.
Then the Tower of the Divine Dragon is just a wonder worth protecting to them; besides this, it has no other value, let alone sending heavy troops to guard.
Therefore, letting Will enter it, in Dresa's view, is not a request at all.
"Alright, I can help you."
Will nodded, then pointed behind him,
"I have a lackey who wants to come with me."
"Of course no problem."
Dresa nodded hurriedly.
They saw yesterday, the Sage was riding a huge dragon magical beast.
They haven't seen that kind of magical beast often, just rarely.
They seem exceptionally cunning.
Would drill into intricate cave tunnels immediately upon seeing humans.
And they dare not enter tunnels rashly.
So so far there hasn't been such a dragon magical beast in the Kingdom of the Vale.
Will turned and walked into the cave.
After a while.
He rode out on the sleepy-eyed Druddigon.
Upon seeing the three humans below, Druddigon instantly became spirited, facing a formidable enemy for a moment.
"ROAR!!"
Druddigon screamed in panic, trying to scare off Dresa and the others.
And Dresa and the other two were indeed scared.
They didn't know Druddigon was a paper tiger and soft-footed shrimp, nor could they hear the fear in Druddigon's roar.
It could be said.
Both sides couldn't distinguish the other's level, so they were afraid of each other.
"Roar!"
Druddigon pointed at Dresa and the others, looking at Will on his head.
He meant 'Boss, there are humans, let's run!'
And Dresa and the others thought Druddigon was asking Will whether to eat them, facing a formidable enemy for a moment.
"Enough, they won't hurt you; they are here to take us to a big meal."
Will reached out and patted Druddigon's head.
"Roar?"
Druddigon showed a suspicious look on his face.
Yesterday Will said the same thing, resulted in getting beaten, and finally fled in panic.
"Today is different."
Will shook his head.
After much persuasion.
Druddigon finally decided to trust Will once more.
Carrying Will on his head, he walked down the mountain.
The two guards beside Dresa ran to his side using both hands and feet, drawing the long knives at their waists to block in front of Dresa.
Seeing them take out weapons.
Druddigon paused on the spot, daring not move forward for a while.
"It's okay."
Dresa swallowed, raised his hand to press down the guards' knives, taking a deep breath.
Only then did Druddigon continue forward.
Have to say.
Both Dresa and Druddigon had elements of gambling, but finally chose to believe Will.
Will, witnessing everything, was speechless.
But he also understood.
After all, although Druddigon's strength and personality weren't great, his size was there, looking quite intimidating.
When the distance between the two sides was only two meters.
Seeing the other party didn't attack suddenly, Dresa and Druddigon both sighed in relief secretly.
"Sage, please follow me."
Dresa walked in front, leading Will and Druddigon down the mountain.
The two guards beside kept staring at Druddigon to guard against him, making Big Silly a bit panicked.
Arriving at the foot of the rocky mountain.
Druddigon looked at the brown armored army parked below, legs almost scared soft.
If not for Will anticipating early, using Aura Power to soothe his emotions in advance, the current Druddigon might have fainted from fear.
"Your Majesty!" (xN)
Seeing Dresa return, a group of warriors roared at the same time.
This made Druddigon shiver again.
"Calm down, don't embarrass me."
Will reached out and patted Big Silly's head.
"Warriors, this is the Sage in the forest, our future State Preceptor (National Teacher/Guoshi) of the Kingdom of the Vale! Why not say hello!"
Dresa pointed to his side and shouted.
He planned to let Will feel a wave of worship, so as to make the Sage have the idea of staying.
Will felt Dresa's Aura and understood the other party's thoughts.
But was still somewhat surprised in his heart.
This guy actually made him the State Preceptor right away; really generous, and really dared to gamble.
Presumably the "below one person, above ten thousand people" said before was really not a joke.
"Lord State Preceptor!"
Although the warriors were shocked in their hearts that the Sage was a magical beast, they still looked at Druddigon and howled together.
The next moment.
Thump!
"ROAR!!"
Druddigon screamed and knelt on the ground instantly.
Silence.
The scene suddenly became quiet.
The warriors opened their mouths, then cold sweat began to flow down their foreheads.
The next second.
Thump! (xN)
"Lord State Preceptor, you must not!"
The warriors knelt down and shouted together, bowing with both hands, foreheads hitting the ground.
"Roar!"
Druddigon was scared at a loss, kowtowing together.
Seeing this, the warriors dared not stop, continuing to do so.
For a time, both sides were kowtowing to each other.
Will and Dresa were dumbfounded instantly.
"Stop! You idiots, this is the State Preceptor!"
Dresa stared and pointed at the dog on Druddigon's head.
The warriors looked at each other, then breathed a sigh of relief one after another and stood up from the ground.
"Big Silly, get up quickly, don't have a fit."
Will also reached out here to pull Druddigon up.
This mount is too shameful.
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